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Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-04-18

Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-04-18 page 1

OUB WIRE SERVICE QItm you' today the aam uti that appears in tomorrow morning'! papers. Vol. XXXI, No. 2G9 ALLI Kewort U. S. WASHINGTON HEARS BIG DRIVE IS STARTED AGAINST TEUTONS Washington, April 18 It is rumored that French and American forces have started a major offensive on the south part of the western front and have been successful. Nothing definite is known, but officials are said to credit the rumor. The offensive is reported to have been launched on a 24-mile front. New York, April 18. A rumor sent over brokers' wires litis jifternoon to the effect that American ami French forces have launched a powerful attack in the vicinity of Noyon, cuused advances of two points in some of the leading stocks. THERE'S A RUMOR OF FOUR DRAFTS , IN MAY FOR TOTAL OF 400,000 Columbus, ()., April IS. That Ohio' will be hit hard by the draft next month was the word received by state officials here today. When told of the report, Adjutant General Wood, who returned this morning from a conference with wiir officials at Washington, said: "All right. We are ready. Ohio will do anything asked of her to help win the war." NO NEWS YET OF L0STCYCL0PS Warliingtoji. April IX. The navy department today was still without information in regard to tho mysterious disappearance of the. collier Cyclops. It was staled I lip slate department was I ) a v i n n inquiries made t every point the uiiKsing vessel Vould have passed from Klo to the Atlantic port where she was to have landed. ONE KILLED, OTHERS INJURED BY AN ENGINE Kindlay. (1., Apr. lVJacobllade-r-nugh was killed, I,. ! Smilt, had his 'killl ernshed anil miffciing in tornal injuries and George. V. Ment-Komedy roynty cnuimMsoner. met wilh severe injury when liny wore vtr'i''k hv a switch engine lasi mid-night as they were returning home from a Liberty loan meeting. Dover The Rev. Reinhold Rice, oT Coshocton, who was made to kiss the flag there recently, has been ousted as pastor of the German Evangelical church of Stone Creek. Gallon -This city, which wai giv on an allotment of $102.'n in the third Liberty loan, has been awarded an honor flag, having exceeded it':; quota. HEAVY RAINS STOP ACTIVITY ON U. S. FRONT-DEEDS OF VALOR II V It CRT HIU With the American Aimy 1,1 France. Vpril 17 I !' M I Heavy spring rain--: hnv brought jcrod ff comparative quirt to the American sectors except for violent artD'erv duels 1h weather ha' limited serial atlvty al.o. In-cnthuriafem of 'he Amcrb an s. bo P"r. h growing stronger daily The h.-t r!'U"st of American -AoMnded is to return to lh" front l.t'.'.t O'.rce Pat ton "f New York, g surgeon attached U tb infantry f: nno of lb" late-.t American, to win the French war crer,:; for bt.iv-civ. It came n buiit thH way. The Ainerieins were working In a wood that was suddenly flooded by tbo lit. man" with inustaid gas withoii! anv warning. I'att jn. T'ndins that bis cas mask retarded find aid :nensi.re pulled I' off. H-- was overcome" by the fume hui rcreied when tjkn to a held b"Di'll. An a result of thl; self sacrifice, he is now IdnlflH ty tin' troop. German iolpn nave been very Wooster Daily Republican ED ISP00K STUFF DIDN'T SUIT CARL H. SCHMIDT Chicago, April IX. --Meatless. wheatleiiH and meal less, days were all right with Carl II. Schmidt, bul when his wife, aided and abetted by 1 1 or folks, issued a ukase, ordering smokeless, buthless and homeless days.it was too much. Today. Schmidt has filed a petition for di voice against .Mrs. Schmidt and another suit asking S,r,f).u00 for alienation of affections has. been filed against Win. It. Wallace, hisfather-in-law. Schmidt attributes must of lib I rouble;; to "spooks '' lie allege; that on three nights a week, some member of the spook family visited bis home by the well known basin and trumpet route. Being spiritualists of good standing. Schmidt alleges his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Win I;. Wallace, attached great solemnity to the tri weekly enter lain men i. Schmidt charges that on three nights he was ordered to stay awa from his home, being told that his presence bothered the elheral visitors. Schmidt, says he stayed away while the spooks splashed around in utter abandon in a wash basin filled willi water and from its depths gurgled up messages from nnno- here In spookdom. But what hurt Schmidt worst of all was to be prohibited from smoking in lifs own home, lakinc a bath on Sunday and being at home only on Tuesd.i f Thursdays or Kaliir- Ida to make room for the spirits. t ii -v s?ai -t th'- Americans Tb-y k;ilel two mules and wounded a j'-'gentt I'.et th Americans are taking their toll in reprisal. V ry day fresh acts of uafr o" th- part of the Amcrbans are fe. r ;!". '' a recent skirmi'di. a Yankee private, finding hi', part of t'ie line ton i ij ic-t crept over to th rlrht flank of the line where there is brl k firing and Hlbd two r,er nric , Me :; wounded in Cm !,ld". hut tw, s rlou-ly W'Hii'ded (letnian pri-oners ate k"it fpa'"a" frtmi wounded rrni. i;eii in the ho:-t.itn!s Thcv all sav tnev glad thev were raptured AT... t r.f them ar rnc.ged and depv 1l.t ttiere j : anv 1( k rif food in th" fl- nnfn armv. I hry -ay that Aner-i . . . . . i .1 Mian pnsoi.ers :ire we:i maieo eo li'Mt fi-ej.- laptors are not allowed to take even a butlen fiom their u::.fnrms tire prisoner a hand grenade expel, who had served through h. war Mil' rratehed. tried to throv back Hti American grenade hefr,r tt eTploded. He was a trifle slow- and part of hi;; hand wan blown ofl Americans are in full control of IN'o Man's Land in the Iorraine sec tor and have been playing -havoc i with German patrols. WOOSTER, LINES and French PR0HIBS WIN TWENTY OUT OF 39 ELECTIONS ,ew Ymk. Apr. 1 S The political signilicance of yesterday's local option election in which 2D out of '!'.( cities- voting went dry, overshadows all local interest In the results, according to a statement issued today by Wm. II. Anderson, superintendent of tiie anti-saloon league, which direct' d the light by the dry forces. The "dry" forces won the minimum number of cities they set net to bring into the prohibition fold, an I according to superintendent'. AneWroti, regard the result as a 'I is -; tinet victory. 1'ailuie to win Syra-cure, the largest cily voting, was a hie; disappointment to the dry lentl-ers. There the greatest cflortu lunl been put, forth, '.Including an eleventh hour appeal l y evangelist ; "rilly" Sunday. Women who voted for the first j time in die state figured largely in; the "ilrv" victory in t ho smaller cities, hut In the larger cities their vole was split up almost evenly in some p'accs. STETTINIUS WILL BOSS THE AIRPLANE JOB Washington, April I K. - A solution of the aircraft problem similar to action taken with regard to the shipping board will lie readied by PrcFidont Wilson within 4H hourii, il wan stated today in admlni'drutloJi circles, I'dward R. Slellinius, isec-oih! assistant Recretaty of war. will be, placed in a post on I he nircrafl hoard, practically identical with that of Charles M. Schwab, who has been made director general of the shipping board. Chairman Howard Collin, of the aircraft board, will probably retain Ids duties, but will share his authority with Stctlinius. it is understood. PNEUMONIA IS LEADING CAUSE 0FARMYDEATHS Washington, April IV (if 2fcc deaths among Hie troops in training for the week ending April I. 17) were from pneumonia, according t" the report of the surgeon - genet al of the ai'iny, made public today. Camp Dodge at I'es Moines, Iowa had the laigest death toll with 1 Thirty-two were caused by pneiimo nia. This week's total for all ramp; is live less than for (tie preceding week. There was one homicide and one death from delirium tremens. Heaths in the national army show ed considerable increase, with ltr. against CI'I Tor tin preceding week "The health of the troops continue very good." the rrport :' "Tin admission and death rale- are lowt Han for the picccding v.c.-;. Th. highest si-k and death tatcs ate ic ported from na'ioual ;nm i.inlon incuts. The lowest later; at" HI II a tional guaid c,iepc Cnenmonia continue:', to pievail in all "f tin larger northern camp". An in crease in the new a cs ,u not.i! compaied with the ,ir urn a wck Little ch.tiirc I" note, in the picv.l If nee of ol her di ,e:is LAMB'S BLOOD FOILS TRAILING BLOODHOUNDS f'.i,n .vi'le, led . Apnl !-. Lrtt'ih'-. bi';'"l poured upon th' to., I 'd bod.t ol Oliver 'Ihom.i , wealth' ba'heloi. foil'd l.l'.oddounH ; tale tn (l,e (ci, e .'ci'l a'.'hnrii.e:. at fan nelton iii'l.iv were without a lu I idetltil, of hi-. ..U;. !!. TIumhj win was T.r. and foi u i po- Una n-r a! Ilodd, tieur CaninMon. ... i i.ou - hae en l ied large sun.- of mou. i His hodv, with tin- ilo'liini' n"-! was found in a s ( hided ;p''t eiati'. hours after h" wa- miv- He l.ecn shot ill the head. Toleilo. ., Aptil l i 1I UK Sunt ii Socialist iiK'niie (,f the To e.'r. city council, oil-'ted Iron 'ollne last night at a rn'ti ig ' liienib rs ol the -outoU. afi'i Sicitt had beep niel and tent-.d guilty on charges of disloyalty and b id re fued to buy a Liberty bond. OHIO THURSDAY, APR. 18, BILLION MARK PASSED TODAY IN LOAN DRIVE - ii '. Waslilnglon, April 18. Actual subscriptions to the Ihinl j Liberty loan have passed the billion mark, tho treasury departtnent announcetl today. The total reported (JO Federal reserve banks in $ 1.059 jSGX.Onn. While the amount is encouraging, Liberty loan directors wild' it. was not 'entirely satisfactory a:i the daily averago of returns Is not nul?clcut to provide the minimum fjuotaj in the allotted time. 4; The large cities ate fallibg rhorl in their subscriptions to th? third Liberty loan, according to jlhe treasury department's htatemen today. A feeling of disappointment'.': is expressed in ihe returns generally, though Hie country . districts are ircdilcd with having, fefpondcil mucli better than in pievlotiB cam paign:-.. The remarkable galjjiB nuub by them in the beginning. 'ire no suflicieii! to off-iifl the lacUuf sales in the larger communities, rji The e:nlv nalt Clf tllfl Clninaicil va.) i haractei ized by a. iMiJespread j ju: h in all distiiot3 and ; ipcnali; tn the county comiiiunltb' vf where rivalry was keen for the bmpr flags. The aftermath of this flo i'f kuIi-Kcrlplion lias been "frant ' dlsap poinling," Hie treasury j-c ri Bays, and the loan directors arc . pcaling for a renewed idfort to .I' lo the rate of speed acquired ! ti am-paign under tho Inipetu of'lanl week'H race for full (IUOm-;,-' :. Tiie Minneapolis district, eiiterfiig tho race artet ti (fefetred fitart, ba jumped to tenth place with 2:! per cent of its iUota subscribed. St Louis reports Hie highoHt: percenlagi of uuola suliscribed, having incrcas ed its lead to till percent. The women's committees in ever; district, are achieving roinarkahb results, treasury ollicials report Subscript ions obtained by their ef forts have already soared Into mil lions, and their work Is wlnnini high praise from every quarter. Interest, of Catholics in the loat campaign Is voiced in a message re reived from Cardinal Cihbons. win has proposed large purchases o bonds to lie placed to the credit o! the Catholic university. GROCER IS SHOT BY BURGLARS IN STORE t'nrisniouih. M. April I H" A. Hub man, titi, a prominent, grocer, was shot earlv today when ho resisted two men. thought to have been local characters, who roldied th' store ol Wednesday's receipts, Hiibiiian fid lowed tho robbers two .sijimres when ho dropped dead. liloodiiooiids have been placed on the trail of the murderers. BIG GUNS ROAR IN GREAT FIGHT London. April I Never ha:, aitillerv fire n ailn d u' h inten sitv as III Ihe bailie nf I'landei .. The sdiii" i Ii m w.i said of I he battle on tin- 'iuny plain . but it ha:; b" n : et -1 cd iu the ii j i h t y en ga ; s cut I a cm:: a Inn;- the t i a nc. la l;;ian f I'nu li"i. -l.-hl and da . Ihe I" I ,e, i a nunn on hot ' . ide : 1. ep fhundeiing and tin inar ian b' he.. rd for .. ,,-.iid.c! mile , 'I In- i t ii i ... nd 1 1 1 ii.,i . SI Ii I I he i opr ': em are fell fa la hi ml t he ti tn " I . a ' I lia ble eatllnjii.'l i li'-i -. ami sine ks. I A K FR"PLF A SfW W ITH WORK OF DFI'ARTMENl Wa .'iiugfou. Ap.'it I ,fn r a bn L' t boui- hak ( n tho job, ictaiy of War I'.al.' r said today: "I am intensely gratified wild Ui piogie.ss mad" in I' V d-pai t metit luring my Kbseme I cannot speal. too highly fif tin- manner in which the department has l.fen onduted und the work of t-pocding up ba.s equalled my nioht sanguino expcla tionB." 1918 HOLD Pierce I I, OOIIS Alti; KLUTLKY The lire wasn't serious, but when members of the Marietta lire department started across the waxed Hours of the deuce, a casualty list was uted. Harry Keep slipped on a at the top of the stairway. esi-c ic ing and came to a stop at the bottom. "Here with the chemical." nhoiited Chief Hoist. Whereupon Fireman Denver Dornan slid past him like a chute-lhe-chute enthusiast enjoying a park outing. He was riding on a small rug. " here are you going with that chemical." veiled the chief. He started to meet the fireman, who was rising Honi the floor. Hut the chief stepped on another rug, shot into the rising fireman and both went down in a heap. Meantime, other firemen were going through involuntary gymnastic ami acrobat ie stunts. The Honrs were just a little smoother than those they are accustomed to at boso house No. I. LORD MILNER GETS WAR POST London, Apr. ls- l.ord Derby bar, been interceded as '.ecrclary of vv.t by Lor I Milner, a inember of Ihe war cabinet. It was learned today. Lord .Merlin, for many yearn Lng lish nmVa s;,dor to France. Is retiring, and will be succeeded by Lord Derby . '. Washington, Apr I Lnolliclal u '.vices reaching here loday slated Hi;. I Vi "ount Milner has been named cs secretary in Ihe I'.ritlsli war cahiiet. to succted the earl of luiby. The latter, according to the i'"po t has been selected as Ambassador to Paris Id succeed Lord liert-i... There was no ollicial coulirma-ti n at tiie slate departui' nt from eUher Ambassador Sharp i.t Furls, or Cage at London. Otlicials were inclined to accept l he icpoil however, as it had been known for some lime that tin- Karl ,f D'ThV w as dinsiil islied with his post. A'isioiint Milner named to lucieed hlin, is one of the hard workers iu Creat llrltaln and has tiie .. r,l ire i onlidem e of (he army. WILL HELP CARE FOR PRISONERS W -c hington, Apr. I H . l apluied Alliej'ieiU 'Olilimt will be given. Ihe !,:... I cue during I loir enforced opinrn in (lermany. It was b arned todav that the slate I- p;.ri,ictil ha , re(U".tlii thai the .lll of it', (HMI he set a' ide b.V the w ir d pa t ii. I lit for 1 1 at purpose, Tiie pbill i to place tin, sum nf :m.in v .n Hie hand of the Spanish .mis, nloi al Merlin to he 1 1 - t for i In pin aha i ef 1 1 a:. I hat a I e not dlo'Aed p'i Hilt rs under inti rna t ion .1 law I 1. 1 : nin v. ill enable A morn n ;, a '....- In i ii woi. luted ' .cvercly H I amputation i nm: -.in. to b" epp,i. -I u M h si ti'icial hint . in e iu,-nil I.n I M te of whi'h l.rini.niy , I (tt'iu: 'I he luonev t.iav ah:o li ,i .,1 ii, pi n I'liiig .pofl"., matei lal' ,. h ' I'.oiicil! . ba eii iM bat , and i :,. v ii n:; itnl""' gann I.. hi' ll -s, p. to: i i : ma.v while av.av fll I'll-' lll'lll j ',. i . il- pa 1 1 en nt I,..- I a I en I ., . -lie t e eider ;ni j ee lit but I1 , . i, t iioil that Ihe ilg,;' I on v.. I! Mieive ;i i.l '...,.' I aim tl'i inn'!, I,' ', C. PO, 'd WAinONWARPLANIS TO BECOME A MODEL 1 .. i ,. it . Apll! C -' all 1' Ciir' iatri!'aii nt tV talc iiiumil f i,.i'hii:i d't'li.c hire mve llgat eg the elfniimy w ol k ol the Mar nit louiity war i iin rgetn y board, ahhoillices that tin loial pi. Ml will l,n adopted iu the various (oulitirR ol diiio so we co-ordinated are all the departments for war campaigns. The lo. al plan he says is as near perfec tion as it can tie made. I r t'harles Sawver. the chairman of the Mar Ion lourity war emergency board. Is now in Washington with a view to securing national recognition . foi tho MaricO tfficicucy plan. Price Bocae BATTLE IS HARD AND FIERCE BUT ! 1 1 THE LINES HOLD FIRM IN FRANCE t i -1 lioiiilon, April 18. The British lines in the gigantic battle ol' FlimdiTs are holding firm. The w.-ir office nnnouueed today that there had been no change in tin? situation. ; (lerinnn artillery was in action all night against the southern end of the line. The bombardments were especially severe between Given t hy and the sector east of Robecq. (This is the district between LaBassee canal and Mer ville.) Official details of Wednesday's fighting dwelt upon the lerociiy of the si niggle and the great German losses "there has been no overnight change in the British front," Hit1 official statement said. "German artillery showed unusu al activity in the southern end of the Lys battlefield from Gist nchv to the cast of Robecq. "There was an' intense bombardment of British positions hetween Locon and Kohccq which was still in progress at dawn It.Hiiy. In the Merris sector local attacks were repulsed on Wednesday evening. I Mailed nceounts of the fighting throughout "Wednesday is ti.e forest of Nieppe and on the Wytchaete front told of the se- nity of the enemy's losses. "Southeast of'Kemmel Ridge, the German infantry attacked in three waves and pressed back the line at one point, but it v:is ouicklv restored. ' In the Bailleuil sector, the enemy attacked three times be-I'ofe Wednesday noon, but was completely repulsed. "The British line yesterday morning was reported intact at very point.'' I'm is, April The infantry lull on the Picardy front continued today, Klscwhere on Ihe French front German at-tucks were repulsed. Several enemy surprise .attacks in the 'hampague district and east of Onnrieres forest, on the Verdun front and near Danloup till broke down, the war office announc-.'. today. "Northwest of lleiina and in Lorraine' successful raids :ere carried out tigainst the German tlt'fenses. "A. strong enemy detachment attempted to reach our lines in Corbenv sector, but was dispersed by our fire. 'Loudon, April W'lh I'lfiich forces now fighting Hhouhlcr lo shoulder with the Ilrlt- Inr on Ihe 1'laiidern plain, th" C.er- niMiis ure making a determined ef. fort to take Vpres and to pros'i hack Ihe ISritlsh from nil the points they hold iu lieiglum. The (ieiiiiatm have been lionihard- Ing the Hrltlsh positions furiously along the entire haittlefroiit from Ii Rastiet: canal to n point northeust of Vpreu. The cantiondates were followed by fierce Herman thrusts in the region nf Meleren, (between one and two mile.; Koulliea si of Bailleuil ) , and Wyt'-ichaele, (al the northern end nf the Mesnifies ridge , which was, ntito lo pren the itiitish from the ground tliev had recaptured yesterday morning.In both these sectors French iroois at" now o operating with tin. Itrili h and il i t expected that the stiffened re; i tance ol the allies will re-nl! in a complete ( heck for the 'nrmaii'.. Tin Cciman war ollice in it.;i''-liort- on Wednesday night, 'aid that f'.eb i" l!c and l.angniian k in lid .bun Inn' belli fallen I 'o b apt lb- In ; about live mile ; 1 1 i . t n( pri ; on the l'a: r-a' hep In I - ii.l ". Lani-ermaiik lies about two tnlh i wi .t nf I'ocb-apelle Hoth pi.iiii; ccre ratned hy the UriHdi in tin i' ;! at offensive against Hie Her M e inel I lamb i.; front la I , im 'ni.l (in the I'icaidv ,,itl I'fi ont . where tin tn t. thrust; in the tier man of-!,,,! in. b" gun on Man b Z. tin. f.i iiii.tiv; are .till contenting i,. i ive. with violent bombard-nt 'he di trbt north ot Mont-ili liiri . oulhcHd rd Atnicnsl. ha", pi.lallv In en the, 1 1 epe of i.trotlg (entire The In of th two Hiitl h key portion: in Itelgium Messinrs bilge 'ind I'a ...etidaele ridgo - INMATES AT DAYTON HELP FIGHT A FIRE liayloti, (i. April IK. - Mahv inmates of the Hayton state hospital were called upon eatly this inornitig to aid the institution dcpattnicnt ttnd eigltt city companie.s light a $20,000 fire in the laundty building Ht the insl il tit inn. Although the building wan destroyed, flames were kept from the main dormitories and cottages. , The Weather - Fair tonight and Friday, except probably rain or snow along Lake Erie. 2c. By Carrier 10c a WceS makes the British hold on Ypr3 vnry prenarioiiK. In fact, quite a nuinhcr of llngllsh war experts have counselled the withdrawal from the Yores wilient. Against this nector the Germans have hrouL'ht. up fresh troops, throw-In" them Into thn fighting with utter disregard of Ioshcs. In the face of this overwhelming pressure, tho IL-itifdi have been compelled to relinquish n Ktmtll amount of ground, but the Herman gains were unimportant in view of the strategic results attained by the British in their retirement.There has been stiff fighting In t'e sectors of Gheluvelt and Haece-lare tnar the famous battleswept Vpres-Menin road and the English w re very severe as column after column advancing to the attack In dense formation, were caught under direct artillery fire. The latest phase of the Handera battle represents entirely new opera-ibn:t by the Hermans, but they were forecast several days ago by the Intense -irfilierv fire Tvhlch developed east and no,-theast of Yprcs In the I' isHcliendaclp ridge zone. Ihe Rritls't forrcs holding that li'e had a'readv been imperilled by the steady advance of the Germans west of Armetitleres and the retirement had been expected. It caused no l""sening of confidence either iu London or I'nris. (The Belgian sriny 'tolds the line ltnn"diatelv north of the district In whfrh the' British retired. If the Hermans are able to Increase their calnr to appreciable extent, the Rp'glan forces will be compelled to fall back with the Rritish). H Is estimated by the British war ofhee that the Herman have used more than l.hOu.nno men In the Picardy and Klanders battle since the rghting st irted 2 davs ago. Three fou'ths of those men have been employed against the British The next few days are. exppefod to hine forth strategical movement ? on the part of the British for the rectification or their line. There are dents alone the Vpreg salient that will have to be straightened out in order to avoid the cutting off of gioups if troops by the Hermans. In the meantime the Hermans will if rtaintv keep up their pressure all aieng the Kn, centering it against H iebrotiek and agalnM Ypres. Haze-bioii'k h sn Important obt"ctlv t 'int for one cf the main British line:- of communication, supplying tho troops along the Franro-Relglan frontier passes throuch it. If Haxe-brouck should fall this line would be cut. General Koch, the con,tuander-In-ch'er of all the forces, has recognized (lie iiatiger as Is evident from the rmiditv v tth w hich he has sent I. eneh rcintorreinents to that lone. This tremendous battle which Is now In its ninth day. may prove one pf the decisive struggles of the war. FAST I

OUB WIRE SERVICE QItm you' today the aam uti that appears in tomorrow morning'! papers. Vol. XXXI, No. 2G9 ALLI Kewort U. S. WASHINGTON HEARS BIG DRIVE IS STARTED AGAINST TEUTONS Washington, April 18 It is rumored that French and American forces have started a major offensive on the south part of the western front and have been successful. Nothing definite is known, but officials are said to credit the rumor. The offensive is reported to have been launched on a 24-mile front. New York, April 18. A rumor sent over brokers' wires litis jifternoon to the effect that American ami French forces have launched a powerful attack in the vicinity of Noyon, cuused advances of two points in some of the leading stocks. THERE'S A RUMOR OF FOUR DRAFTS , IN MAY FOR TOTAL OF 400,000 Columbus, ()., April IS. That Ohio' will be hit hard by the draft next month was the word received by state officials here today. When told of the report, Adjutant General Wood, who returned this morning from a conference with wiir officials at Washington, said: "All right. We are ready. Ohio will do anything asked of her to help win the war." NO NEWS YET OF L0STCYCL0PS Warliingtoji. April IX. The navy department today was still without information in regard to tho mysterious disappearance of the. collier Cyclops. It was staled I lip slate department was I ) a v i n n inquiries made t every point the uiiKsing vessel Vould have passed from Klo to the Atlantic port where she was to have landed. ONE KILLED, OTHERS INJURED BY AN ENGINE Kindlay. (1., Apr. lVJacobllade-r-nugh was killed, I,. ! Smilt, had his 'killl ernshed anil miffciing in tornal injuries and George. V. Ment-Komedy roynty cnuimMsoner. met wilh severe injury when liny wore vtr'i''k hv a switch engine lasi mid-night as they were returning home from a Liberty loan meeting. Dover The Rev. Reinhold Rice, oT Coshocton, who was made to kiss the flag there recently, has been ousted as pastor of the German Evangelical church of Stone Creek. Gallon -This city, which wai giv on an allotment of $102.'n in the third Liberty loan, has been awarded an honor flag, having exceeded it':; quota. HEAVY RAINS STOP ACTIVITY ON U. S. FRONT-DEEDS OF VALOR II V It CRT HIU With the American Aimy 1,1 France. Vpril 17 I !' M I Heavy spring rain--: hnv brought jcrod ff comparative quirt to the American sectors except for violent artD'erv duels 1h weather ha' limited serial atlvty al.o. In-cnthuriafem of 'he Amcrb an s. bo P"r. h growing stronger daily The h.-t r!'U"st of American -AoMnded is to return to lh" front l.t'.'.t O'.rce Pat ton "f New York, g surgeon attached U tb infantry f: nno of lb" late-.t American, to win the French war crer,:; for bt.iv-civ. It came n buiit thH way. The Ainerieins were working In a wood that was suddenly flooded by tbo lit. man" with inustaid gas withoii! anv warning. I'att jn. T'ndins that bis cas mask retarded find aid :nensi.re pulled I' off. H-- was overcome" by the fume hui rcreied when tjkn to a held b"Di'll. An a result of thl; self sacrifice, he is now IdnlflH ty tin' troop. German iolpn nave been very Wooster Daily Republican ED ISP00K STUFF DIDN'T SUIT CARL H. SCHMIDT Chicago, April IX. --Meatless. wheatleiiH and meal less, days were all right with Carl II. Schmidt, bul when his wife, aided and abetted by 1 1 or folks, issued a ukase, ordering smokeless, buthless and homeless days.it was too much. Today. Schmidt has filed a petition for di voice against .Mrs. Schmidt and another suit asking S,r,f).u00 for alienation of affections has. been filed against Win. It. Wallace, hisfather-in-law. Schmidt attributes must of lib I rouble;; to "spooks '' lie allege; that on three nights a week, some member of the spook family visited bis home by the well known basin and trumpet route. Being spiritualists of good standing. Schmidt alleges his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Win I;. Wallace, attached great solemnity to the tri weekly enter lain men i. Schmidt charges that on three nights he was ordered to stay awa from his home, being told that his presence bothered the elheral visitors. Schmidt, says he stayed away while the spooks splashed around in utter abandon in a wash basin filled willi water and from its depths gurgled up messages from nnno- here In spookdom. But what hurt Schmidt worst of all was to be prohibited from smoking in lifs own home, lakinc a bath on Sunday and being at home only on Tuesd.i f Thursdays or Kaliir- Ida to make room for the spirits. t ii -v s?ai -t th'- Americans Tb-y k;ilel two mules and wounded a j'-'gentt I'.et th Americans are taking their toll in reprisal. V ry day fresh acts of uafr o" th- part of the Amcrbans are fe. r ;!". '' a recent skirmi'di. a Yankee private, finding hi', part of t'ie line ton i ij ic-t crept over to th rlrht flank of the line where there is brl k firing and Hlbd two r,er nric , Me :; wounded in Cm !,ld". hut tw, s rlou-ly W'Hii'ded (letnian pri-oners ate k"it fpa'"a" frtmi wounded rrni. i;eii in the ho:-t.itn!s Thcv all sav tnev glad thev were raptured AT... t r.f them ar rnc.ged and depv 1l.t ttiere j : anv 1( k rif food in th" fl- nnfn armv. I hry -ay that Aner-i . . . . . i .1 Mian pnsoi.ers :ire we:i maieo eo li'Mt fi-ej.- laptors are not allowed to take even a butlen fiom their u::.fnrms tire prisoner a hand grenade expel, who had served through h. war Mil' rratehed. tried to throv back Hti American grenade hefr,r tt eTploded. He was a trifle slow- and part of hi;; hand wan blown ofl Americans are in full control of IN'o Man's Land in the Iorraine sec tor and have been playing -havoc i with German patrols. WOOSTER, LINES and French PR0HIBS WIN TWENTY OUT OF 39 ELECTIONS ,ew Ymk. Apr. 1 S The political signilicance of yesterday's local option election in which 2D out of '!'.( cities- voting went dry, overshadows all local interest In the results, according to a statement issued today by Wm. II. Anderson, superintendent of tiie anti-saloon league, which direct' d the light by the dry forces. The "dry" forces won the minimum number of cities they set net to bring into the prohibition fold, an I according to superintendent'. AneWroti, regard the result as a 'I is -; tinet victory. 1'ailuie to win Syra-cure, the largest cily voting, was a hie; disappointment to the dry lentl-ers. There the greatest cflortu lunl been put, forth, '.Including an eleventh hour appeal l y evangelist ; "rilly" Sunday. Women who voted for the first j time in die state figured largely in; the "ilrv" victory in t ho smaller cities, hut In the larger cities their vole was split up almost evenly in some p'accs. STETTINIUS WILL BOSS THE AIRPLANE JOB Washington, April I K. - A solution of the aircraft problem similar to action taken with regard to the shipping board will lie readied by PrcFidont Wilson within 4H hourii, il wan stated today in admlni'drutloJi circles, I'dward R. Slellinius, isec-oih! assistant Recretaty of war. will be, placed in a post on I he nircrafl hoard, practically identical with that of Charles M. Schwab, who has been made director general of the shipping board. Chairman Howard Collin, of the aircraft board, will probably retain Ids duties, but will share his authority with Stctlinius. it is understood. PNEUMONIA IS LEADING CAUSE 0FARMYDEATHS Washington, April IV (if 2fcc deaths among Hie troops in training for the week ending April I. 17) were from pneumonia, according t" the report of the surgeon - genet al of the ai'iny, made public today. Camp Dodge at I'es Moines, Iowa had the laigest death toll with 1 Thirty-two were caused by pneiimo nia. This week's total for all ramp; is live less than for (tie preceding week. There was one homicide and one death from delirium tremens. Heaths in the national army show ed considerable increase, with ltr. against CI'I Tor tin preceding week "The health of the troops continue very good." the rrport :' "Tin admission and death rale- are lowt Han for the picccding v.c.-;. Th. highest si-k and death tatcs ate ic ported from na'ioual ;nm i.inlon incuts. The lowest later; at" HI II a tional guaid c,iepc Cnenmonia continue:', to pievail in all "f tin larger northern camp". An in crease in the new a cs ,u not.i! compaied with the ,ir urn a wck Little ch.tiirc I" note, in the picv.l If nee of ol her di ,e:is LAMB'S BLOOD FOILS TRAILING BLOODHOUNDS f'.i,n .vi'le, led . Apnl !-. Lrtt'ih'-. bi';'"l poured upon th' to., I 'd bod.t ol Oliver 'Ihom.i , wealth' ba'heloi. foil'd l.l'.oddounH ; tale tn (l,e (ci, e .'ci'l a'.'hnrii.e:. at fan nelton iii'l.iv were without a lu I idetltil, of hi-. ..U;. !!. TIumhj win was T.r. and foi u i po- Una n-r a! Ilodd, tieur CaninMon. ... i i.ou - hae en l ied large sun.- of mou. i His hodv, with tin- ilo'liini' n"-! was found in a s ( hided ;p''t eiati'. hours after h" wa- miv- He l.ecn shot ill the head. Toleilo. ., Aptil l i 1I UK Sunt ii Socialist iiK'niie (,f the To e.'r. city council, oil-'ted Iron 'ollne last night at a rn'ti ig ' liienib rs ol the -outoU. afi'i Sicitt had beep niel and tent-.d guilty on charges of disloyalty and b id re fued to buy a Liberty bond. OHIO THURSDAY, APR. 18, BILLION MARK PASSED TODAY IN LOAN DRIVE - ii '. Waslilnglon, April 18. Actual subscriptions to the Ihinl j Liberty loan have passed the billion mark, tho treasury departtnent announcetl today. The total reported (JO Federal reserve banks in $ 1.059 jSGX.Onn. While the amount is encouraging, Liberty loan directors wild' it. was not 'entirely satisfactory a:i the daily averago of returns Is not nul?clcut to provide the minimum fjuotaj in the allotted time. 4; The large cities ate fallibg rhorl in their subscriptions to th? third Liberty loan, according to jlhe treasury department's htatemen today. A feeling of disappointment'.': is expressed in ihe returns generally, though Hie country . districts are ircdilcd with having, fefpondcil mucli better than in pievlotiB cam paign:-.. The remarkable galjjiB nuub by them in the beginning. 'ire no suflicieii! to off-iifl the lacUuf sales in the larger communities, rji The e:nlv nalt Clf tllfl Clninaicil va.) i haractei ized by a. iMiJespread j ju: h in all distiiot3 and ; ipcnali; tn the county comiiiunltb' vf where rivalry was keen for the bmpr flags. The aftermath of this flo i'f kuIi-Kcrlplion lias been "frant ' dlsap poinling," Hie treasury j-c ri Bays, and the loan directors arc . pcaling for a renewed idfort to .I' lo the rate of speed acquired ! ti am-paign under tho Inipetu of'lanl week'H race for full (IUOm-;,-' :. Tiie Minneapolis district, eiiterfiig tho race artet ti (fefetred fitart, ba jumped to tenth place with 2:! per cent of its iUota subscribed. St Louis reports Hie highoHt: percenlagi of uuola suliscribed, having incrcas ed its lead to till percent. The women's committees in ever; district, are achieving roinarkahb results, treasury ollicials report Subscript ions obtained by their ef forts have already soared Into mil lions, and their work Is wlnnini high praise from every quarter. Interest, of Catholics in the loat campaign Is voiced in a message re reived from Cardinal Cihbons. win has proposed large purchases o bonds to lie placed to the credit o! the Catholic university. GROCER IS SHOT BY BURGLARS IN STORE t'nrisniouih. M. April I H" A. Hub man, titi, a prominent, grocer, was shot earlv today when ho resisted two men. thought to have been local characters, who roldied th' store ol Wednesday's receipts, Hiibiiian fid lowed tho robbers two .sijimres when ho dropped dead. liloodiiooiids have been placed on the trail of the murderers. BIG GUNS ROAR IN GREAT FIGHT London. April I Never ha:, aitillerv fire n ailn d u' h inten sitv as III Ihe bailie nf I'landei .. The sdiii" i Ii m w.i said of I he battle on tin- 'iuny plain . but it ha:; b" n : et -1 cd iu the ii j i h t y en ga ; s cut I a cm:: a Inn;- the t i a nc. la l;;ian f I'nu li"i. -l.-hl and da . Ihe I" I ,e, i a nunn on hot ' . ide : 1. ep fhundeiing and tin inar ian b' he.. rd for .. ,,-.iid.c! mile , 'I In- i t ii i ... nd 1 1 1 ii.,i . SI Ii I I he i opr ': em are fell fa la hi ml t he ti tn " I . a ' I lia ble eatllnjii.'l i li'-i -. ami sine ks. I A K FR"PLF A SfW W ITH WORK OF DFI'ARTMENl Wa .'iiugfou. Ap.'it I ,fn r a bn L' t boui- hak ( n tho job, ictaiy of War I'.al.' r said today: "I am intensely gratified wild Ui piogie.ss mad" in I' V d-pai t metit luring my Kbseme I cannot speal. too highly fif tin- manner in which the department has l.fen onduted und the work of t-pocding up ba.s equalled my nioht sanguino expcla tionB." 1918 HOLD Pierce I I, OOIIS Alti; KLUTLKY The lire wasn't serious, but when members of the Marietta lire department started across the waxed Hours of the deuce, a casualty list was uted. Harry Keep slipped on a at the top of the stairway. esi-c ic ing and came to a stop at the bottom. "Here with the chemical." nhoiited Chief Hoist. Whereupon Fireman Denver Dornan slid past him like a chute-lhe-chute enthusiast enjoying a park outing. He was riding on a small rug. " here are you going with that chemical." veiled the chief. He started to meet the fireman, who was rising Honi the floor. Hut the chief stepped on another rug, shot into the rising fireman and both went down in a heap. Meantime, other firemen were going through involuntary gymnastic ami acrobat ie stunts. The Honrs were just a little smoother than those they are accustomed to at boso house No. I. LORD MILNER GETS WAR POST London, Apr. ls- l.ord Derby bar, been interceded as '.ecrclary of vv.t by Lor I Milner, a inember of Ihe war cabinet. It was learned today. Lord .Merlin, for many yearn Lng lish nmVa s;,dor to France. Is retiring, and will be succeeded by Lord Derby . '. Washington, Apr I Lnolliclal u '.vices reaching here loday slated Hi;. I Vi "ount Milner has been named cs secretary in Ihe I'.ritlsli war cahiiet. to succted the earl of luiby. The latter, according to the i'"po t has been selected as Ambassador to Paris Id succeed Lord liert-i... There was no ollicial coulirma-ti n at tiie slate departui' nt from eUher Ambassador Sharp i.t Furls, or Cage at London. Otlicials were inclined to accept l he icpoil however, as it had been known for some lime that tin- Karl ,f D'ThV w as dinsiil islied with his post. A'isioiint Milner named to lucieed hlin, is one of the hard workers iu Creat llrltaln and has tiie .. r,l ire i onlidem e of (he army. WILL HELP CARE FOR PRISONERS W -c hington, Apr. I H . l apluied Alliej'ieiU 'Olilimt will be given. Ihe !,:... I cue during I loir enforced opinrn in (lermany. It was b arned todav that the slate I- p;.ri,ictil ha , re(U".tlii thai the .lll of it', (HMI he set a' ide b.V the w ir d pa t ii. I lit for 1 1 at purpose, Tiie pbill i to place tin, sum nf :m.in v .n Hie hand of the Spanish .mis, nloi al Merlin to he 1 1 - t for i In pin aha i ef 1 1 a:. I hat a I e not dlo'Aed p'i Hilt rs under inti rna t ion .1 law I 1. 1 : nin v. ill enable A morn n ;, a '....- In i ii woi. luted ' .cvercly H I amputation i nm: -.in. to b" epp,i. -I u M h si ti'icial hint . in e iu,-nil I.n I M te of whi'h l.rini.niy , I (tt'iu: 'I he luonev t.iav ah:o li ,i .,1 ii, pi n I'liiig .pofl"., matei lal' ,. h ' I'.oiicil! . ba eii iM bat , and i :,. v ii n:; itnl""' gann I.. hi' ll -s, p. to: i i : ma.v while av.av fll I'll-' lll'lll j ',. i . il- pa 1 1 en nt I,..- I a I en I ., . -lie t e eider ;ni j ee lit but I1 , . i, t iioil that Ihe ilg,;' I on v.. I! Mieive ;i i.l '...,.' I aim tl'i inn'!, I,' ', C. PO, 'd WAinONWARPLANIS TO BECOME A MODEL 1 .. i ,. it . Apll! C -' all 1' Ciir' iatri!'aii nt tV talc iiiumil f i,.i'hii:i d't'li.c hire mve llgat eg the elfniimy w ol k ol the Mar nit louiity war i iin rgetn y board, ahhoillices that tin loial pi. Ml will l,n adopted iu the various (oulitirR ol diiio so we co-ordinated are all the departments for war campaigns. The lo. al plan he says is as near perfec tion as it can tie made. I r t'harles Sawver. the chairman of the Mar Ion lourity war emergency board. Is now in Washington with a view to securing national recognition . foi tho MaricO tfficicucy plan. Price Bocae BATTLE IS HARD AND FIERCE BUT ! 1 1 THE LINES HOLD FIRM IN FRANCE t i -1 lioiiilon, April 18. The British lines in the gigantic battle ol' FlimdiTs are holding firm. The w.-ir office nnnouueed today that there had been no change in tin? situation. ; (lerinnn artillery was in action all night against the southern end of the line. The bombardments were especially severe between Given t hy and the sector east of Robecq. (This is the district between LaBassee canal and Mer ville.) Official details of Wednesday's fighting dwelt upon the lerociiy of the si niggle and the great German losses "there has been no overnight change in the British front," Hit1 official statement said. "German artillery showed unusu al activity in the southern end of the Lys battlefield from Gist nchv to the cast of Robecq. "There was an' intense bombardment of British positions hetween Locon and Kohccq which was still in progress at dawn It.Hiiy. In the Merris sector local attacks were repulsed on Wednesday evening. I Mailed nceounts of the fighting throughout "Wednesday is ti.e forest of Nieppe and on the Wytchaete front told of the se- nity of the enemy's losses. "Southeast of'Kemmel Ridge, the German infantry attacked in three waves and pressed back the line at one point, but it v:is ouicklv restored. ' In the Bailleuil sector, the enemy attacked three times be-I'ofe Wednesday noon, but was completely repulsed. "The British line yesterday morning was reported intact at very point.'' I'm is, April The infantry lull on the Picardy front continued today, Klscwhere on Ihe French front German at-tucks were repulsed. Several enemy surprise .attacks in the 'hampague district and east of Onnrieres forest, on the Verdun front and near Danloup till broke down, the war office announc-.'. today. "Northwest of lleiina and in Lorraine' successful raids :ere carried out tigainst the German tlt'fenses. "A. strong enemy detachment attempted to reach our lines in Corbenv sector, but was dispersed by our fire. 'Loudon, April W'lh I'lfiich forces now fighting Hhouhlcr lo shoulder with the Ilrlt- Inr on Ihe 1'laiidern plain, th" C.er- niMiis ure making a determined ef. fort to take Vpres and to pros'i hack Ihe ISritlsh from nil the points they hold iu lieiglum. The (ieiiiiatm have been lionihard- Ing the Hrltlsh positions furiously along the entire haittlefroiit from Ii Rastiet: canal to n point northeust of Vpreu. The cantiondates were followed by fierce Herman thrusts in the region nf Meleren, (between one and two mile.; Koulliea si of Bailleuil ) , and Wyt'-ichaele, (al the northern end nf the Mesnifies ridge , which was, ntito lo pren the itiitish from the ground tliev had recaptured yesterday morning.In both these sectors French iroois at" now o operating with tin. Itrili h and il i t expected that the stiffened re; i tance ol the allies will re-nl! in a complete ( heck for the 'nrmaii'.. Tin Cciman war ollice in it.;i''-liort- on Wednesday night, 'aid that f'.eb i" l!c and l.angniian k in lid .bun Inn' belli fallen I 'o b apt lb- In ; about live mile ; 1 1 i . t n( pri ; on the l'a: r-a' hep In I - ii.l ". Lani-ermaiik lies about two tnlh i wi .t nf I'ocb-apelle Hoth pi.iiii; ccre ratned hy the UriHdi in tin i' ;! at offensive against Hie Her M e inel I lamb i.; front la I , im 'ni.l (in the I'icaidv ,,itl I'fi ont . where tin tn t. thrust; in the tier man of-!,,,! in. b" gun on Man b Z. tin. f.i iiii.tiv; are .till contenting i,. i ive. with violent bombard-nt 'he di trbt north ot Mont-ili liiri . oulhcHd rd Atnicnsl. ha", pi.lallv In en the, 1 1 epe of i.trotlg (entire The In of th two Hiitl h key portion: in Itelgium Messinrs bilge 'ind I'a ...etidaele ridgo - INMATES AT DAYTON HELP FIGHT A FIRE liayloti, (i. April IK. - Mahv inmates of the Hayton state hospital were called upon eatly this inornitig to aid the institution dcpattnicnt ttnd eigltt city companie.s light a $20,000 fire in the laundty building Ht the insl il tit inn. Although the building wan destroyed, flames were kept from the main dormitories and cottages. , The Weather - Fair tonight and Friday, except probably rain or snow along Lake Erie. 2c. By Carrier 10c a WceS makes the British hold on Ypr3 vnry prenarioiiK. In fact, quite a nuinhcr of llngllsh war experts have counselled the withdrawal from the Yores wilient. Against this nector the Germans have hrouL'ht. up fresh troops, throw-In" them Into thn fighting with utter disregard of Ioshcs. In the face of this overwhelming pressure, tho IL-itifdi have been compelled to relinquish n Ktmtll amount of ground, but the Herman gains were unimportant in view of the strategic results attained by the British in their retirement.There has been stiff fighting In t'e sectors of Gheluvelt and Haece-lare tnar the famous battleswept Vpres-Menin road and the English w re very severe as column after column advancing to the attack In dense formation, were caught under direct artillery fire. The latest phase of the Handera battle represents entirely new opera-ibn:t by the Hermans, but they were forecast several days ago by the Intense -irfilierv fire Tvhlch developed east and no,-theast of Yprcs In the I' isHcliendaclp ridge zone. Ihe Rritls't forrcs holding that li'e had a'readv been imperilled by the steady advance of the Germans west of Armetitleres and the retirement had been expected. It caused no l""sening of confidence either iu London or I'nris. (The Belgian sriny 'tolds the line ltnn"diatelv north of the district In whfrh the' British retired. If the Hermans are able to Increase their calnr to appreciable extent, the Rp'glan forces will be compelled to fall back with the Rritish). H Is estimated by the British war ofhee that the Herman have used more than l.hOu.nno men In the Picardy and Klanders battle since the rghting st irted 2 davs ago. Three fou'ths of those men have been employed against the British The next few days are. exppefod to hine forth strategical movement ? on the part of the British for the rectification or their line. There are dents alone the Vpreg salient that will have to be straightened out in order to avoid the cutting off of gioups if troops by the Hermans. In the meantime the Hermans will if rtaintv keep up their pressure all aieng the Kn, centering it against H iebrotiek and agalnM Ypres. Haze-bioii'k h sn Important obt"ctlv t 'int for one cf the main British line:- of communication, supplying tho troops along the Franro-Relglan frontier passes throuch it. If Haxe-brouck should fall this line would be cut. General Koch, the con,tuander-In-ch'er of all the forces, has recognized (lie iiatiger as Is evident from the rmiditv v tth w hich he has sent I. eneh rcintorreinents to that lone. This tremendous battle which Is now In its ninth day. may prove one pf the decisive struggles of the war. FAST I